[JDEV] Jabber reliability

[David Waite]

Gerhard Poul wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a few questions regarding reliability. - I hope you can help me
>to get some insights about the behavior of Jabber.
>
>- Does Jabber ensure that a message is delivered reliably?
>
No.

>
>
>- Is it possible to get a confirmation from the server or client when a
>message has been delivered?
>
Possible to get a client to confirm messages, although there isn't a 
standardized way to request this.

>- Is there a way to make sure that a message is only delivered once?
>
Current delivery semantics are at-most-once, but I believe this is 
implementation specific.

-David Waite